Airbus Taps Joël Frugier to Manage Corporate Jet Centre

Joël Frugier has been named general manager of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) in Toulouse, France. The facility, which employs about 270 people, specializes in servicing and maintaining ACJs, including those in the A320, A330 and A340 series. It has delivered 27 VIP cabins for ACJ319s and ACJ320s to customers in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

The 42-year-old Frugier, who will report to ACJC president Benoit Defforge, joined the operation in 2009 as head of improvement and information systems. In 2011, he was named head of the Programmes Department and began leading VIP cabin completion projects.

Before coming to Airbus, he earned an engineering diploma from Ecole Centrale in Nantes, France, and spent 13 years as a business consultant for the aerospace, automotive and metal industries.